SOLUTION: one painter can paint a room in 5 days and another can do it in 6 days how long will it take if they worked together
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Question 992156: one painter can paint a room in 5 days and another can do it in 6 days how long will it take if they worked together
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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First painter paints of the room in one day (in each day, per day).
The second painter paints of the room in one day.
Working together they paint + of the room in one day (per day).
+ = + = .
So, working together, they paint of the room per day.
Hence, it will take for them to complete the job working together.
= .
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